تقسيم

See also: تقسیم‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق س م‎ (q-s-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taq.siːm/
  • (file)
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /taɡ.siːm/

Noun

تَقْسِيم • (taqsīm) m (plural تَقْسِيمَات‎ (taqsīmāt) or تَقَاسِيم‎ (taqāsīm))

  1. verbal noun of قَسَّمَ‎ (qassama, “to divide, distribute”) (form II)
  2. division
  3. distribution
  4. land census
  5. land tax roll
  6. conjuration
  7. (music) taqsim (an improvisation or a solo recital based on an Arabic scale or maqam)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: تقسیم‎ (taksim)
    • Turkish: taksim
  • → Persian: تقسیم‎

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “تقسيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “تقسيم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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